Family Corner

The Seductive Charm of Procrastination

Prema Jayakumar ‘Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday’. And most of us do just that, hurry along to keep up with yesterday and its tasks. Are you one of those people who have just to see a task before you to fall on it eagerly and finish it immediately? If so, you […]

Self sacrifice

Rose Mary “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” -Mark 10:45 A theme that often comes up against a great deal of criticism on social media is the idea of self-sacrifice, especially in the context of modern women. […]

The Post-Pandemic World

Prema Jayakumar The last couple of decades have brought us to a world that is post, or past, a lot of things. We’ve seen post-modern writing, post-modern art, post-modern cinema, even post-truth politics. Well, now a new kind of living or rather an old type of living that feels strange and unfamiliar is opening up […]

Three Stages of Spirituality

Rose Mary Why are you afraid, O you of little faith? Mathew 8:26 The shock waves generated from the recent incident at St Thomas College, Pala, have still not abated among students, parents and the public at large. TV channels were agog with details of the young girl’s story. A poor economic background, a house […]

The Immutable Word

Prema Jayakumar It is no wonder that the ancients called the letter ‘akshara’ or that which is not destroyed. A recent spate of birthdays, death anniversaries and even deaths of well-known writers prompted this thought. A writer touches so many lives, the lives of a number of people they have never seen or even thought […]

The Nativity of Mary

Rose Mary But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman -Galatians 4:4 A trip to Lourdes is usually on the cards while planning a tourist visit to Europe, and so it was for me, on my first trip abroad. An overnight train journey from Paris […]

Celebration of a Defeat

Prema Jayakumar A column written now cannot ignore what time of the year it is. It is the time of Onam, when the banished Asura king, Mahabali, comes to visit his subjects in this small area of his erstwhile kingdom. Oddly enough, while most festivals are celebrated across India, this is a festival that does […]

Opportunity Knocks!

Rose Mary Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. – Ephesians 5:15-17 About two years back, Hari joined a highly reputed catering organization after successfully completing his graduation from one of the top hotel management institutes in India. Business […]

Pope Tells New Cardinals Never To Stray From The Path Of Jesus

Notre Dame Cathedral ‘Back In The Light’ After Glorious Reopening